Revamped Version.
Chapter 4
Brooke took her time gathering all of her things, quickly placing them in Haley's car. Haley had already agreed to let Brooke come over, even though that meant that her and Nathan were to be on their best behavior. They didn't want to let everyone know about their fights; at least not now. Even if Brooke was her best friend, Haley didn't know how to tell her. Especially since Brooke had said a few years back that her and Nathan, as a couple, gave her hope that love was out there. Haley didn't want to be the one to take that hope away from Brooke, especially after what had just happened to her wedding.
For part of the ride over to Nathan and Haley's house in Tree Hill, the girls were quiet. Nathan hadn't joined them, thinking it was best for them to be alone.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
Haley hesitates. She had been dreading the question. Even if they had talked before about the situation, that was mostly Brooke reacting, not her thoughts and feelings about it. Haley is mostly scared of Brooke's answer. Brooke still thinks they are meant to be together and Haley doesn't want her to give up on them. She wants her best friends to be happy.
"What's there to talk about?!" Brooke retorts to her.
Haley gives her a glare and Brooke sighs. She had some time to think about it, but everything had been so hectic: canceling the rest of the wedding, packing, canceling her surprise honeymoon and because of all of this, it had made Brooke even more depressed.
"He told me that he bumped into her a few weeks ago and she started talking to him. They talked for twenty minutes and he said nothing happened," Brooke explains to Haley.
"But…" Haley challenged knowing there was more.
"What should I believe now?!" she says after a pause. "He has already lied to me, what's keeping him from doing it again?! I want to believe him, I do, but I'm scared," she says more quietly. "I'm scared that those small lies will turn to big ones and then our relationship will turn to be 'hi, hi, how was your day? Fine, yours? Fine' and then we don't say another word."
Haley nods, understanding. She had also feared that sometimes, but put it far behind in her mind. "Look, you and Lucas will be fine. You love each other way to much to let each other go."
Brooke doesn't respond. She looks out the window and Haley sighs, a little louder than intended.
A few minutes later, after thinking, Brooke speaks again. "There's more…" Brooke turns to face Haley and that's where Haley sees that Brooke is crying.
"What?"
"I'm a---- HALEY!!!" Brooke's eyes grow wide! Haley quickly looks back towards the road and sees she's in the wrong lane; a truck is heading directly to them. Haley tries to swerve out of the way, but she just loses control of the car and crashes into a tree on the other side of the road. The last thing Haley hears is the horn of the car, non-stop, before she falls unconscious.
The phone rings.
"Hello?" he says into the receiver.
"Hi. I'm calling here from Tree Hill General, because your wife, Haley James Scott, has just been in an accident along with a Miss Brooke Davis-" the receptionist says.
"I'll be right there," Nathan says, cutting off the nurse. He grabs his coat and keys and quickly heads out the door. As he's driving, he takes out his cell phone from his pockets and tries to reach Lucas, but it doesn't work. He's about to try his and Brooke's house, when he sees someone sitting on the bench at the Rivercourt. He quickly parks his car and runs out to Lucas.
Lucas hears footsteps coming closer and closer, so he looks up to find his brother on the verge of tears. He has never seen him close to crying so he knew that this is bad. He gets up, alarmed. "What's the matter?" he asks.
"Lucas, the girls got into an accident. They're already at the hospital," Nathan tells him. Lucas just stares at him. "Come on, we have to go," Nathan says trying to get his brother to come with him.
"I can't, Nathan. She hates me," he chokes out. He sits back down. "I fucked up big time here." He sighs.
"Don't do this to yourself, Luke. Once you're there it won't matter anymore. She needs you, more than anyone, now," Nathan says. "Now come on. We have to go to the hospital."
The car ride is pretty much silent. They finally arrive at the hospital after a lot of convincing. Nobody will tell them anything, mostly because they don't have any results of how they are right now. They wait until a doctor comes in the room, asking for family of Haley.
Lucas and Nathan approach the doctor. "And you are?" the doctor asks.
"Her husband and he's her brother-in-law," Nathan says. The doctor nods.
"Well, we found her unconscious, and she still is, but she should wake up soon. Maybe late tonight or tomorrow morning. She had a few cuts and bruises and at one point we were afraid about the life of her baby, but they both survived," he pauses, and then continues, "We are going to need to do a little tiny surgery to her shoulder, but that's pretty much it."
Both Lucas and Nathan nod, lost in the moment until Nathan realizes…
"Wait…WHAT?!...Did you just say she's pregnant??!" he asks the doctor.
Why hadn't she told him? Maybe it was too early too tell…Maybe she didn't know….
"What about Brooke Sco-Davis? The girl who was with her," Lucas asks.
"That's another story. Anyway, I can only give out information to fami-" the doctor starts but is cut off by Lucas.
"I'm her fiancé."
"I'm sorry, but you have to be legally married for me to give you information." He smiles politely and leaves. Nathan stops him.
"Isn't there anything you can do please?" Nathan begs for his brother, putting Haley's pregnancy out of his mind for now.
"I'm sorry, I can't."
Nathan sighs. "Can you tell me where Haley is?"
"Room 231."
"Ok, thank you." The doctor leaves and Nathan looks back to Lucas.
"I'm going to go see Haley. Stay here and I'll--" Nathan says.
"I can't even see her, Nathan! What's the use for me to stay?" Lucas cuts him off. Nathan tried to speak, but shock stops him. He didn't expect for Lucas to get mad like that. "I'm going."
"Lucas!" Nathan yells after him, but he just keeps on walking out of the hospital.